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Porter, Roy

 
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Synopsis

The gloomy, anguished fears and concerns of the great English writers of the Civil War period (Milton, Bunyan et all) are in many ways completely baffling and alien to us and yet 150 years later with writers such as Byron we feel totally at home with their view of the world. How did this extraordinary change happen? How did we become modern? In this sequel to the prize-winning "Enlightenment", Roy Porter completes his lifetime's work, offering an account of the writings of some of the most attractive figures ever to write in English.

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À propos de l'auteur

Roy Porter was until his retirement Professor in the Social History of Medicine at the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine. His last book ENLIGHTENMENT won a 2001 Wolfson Prize. Roy Porter died March 3rd 2002. He completed FLESH IN THE AGE OF REASON in the week of his death.

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Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0140167358 ISBN 13 :  9780140167351
Editeur : Penguin, 2005
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